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CML Treatment: Old Drug, New Name


 

There's a new old drug for chronic myeloid leukemia, and it seems to work in patients who don't respond to any of the approved therapies for this disease. Dr. Jorge Cortes discusses the potential of omacetaxine mepesuccinate at the annual meeting of the American Society of Hematology.

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